Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 dissatisfied with team’s death bowling – Cricket News Update
Despite his team’s 15-run win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 is not happy with his team’s bowling performance, saying the pacers have been unable to perform under pressure, and tend
to lose their intensity in the death overs.
“A win is a win,” Clarke acknowledged, “but we have a lot of work to do with our power play and death bowling.”
A maiden ODI ton by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 propelled the hosts to set up an intimidating 322 however, the inability of the Aussie bowlers to keep things tight in the death overs eventually allowed the Lankans a route back into the match.
While the top three (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KMDN-Kulasekara-c1802 managing a brisk
73, and Upul Tharanga contributing 60, bringing his team up to 285 for 8 in the 46th over.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 were
dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 in the 48th and 50th overs respectively, that the visitors were restricted at 306.
Admittedly, the host team’s captain was not happy with such a close win.
“We are the number one one-day team and we have to be better than that,” he insisted.
Pacers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204 were particularly disappointing in the last match, with both bowlers failing to take a wicket and giving away precious runs. Pattinson (who claimed 4-51 against the Lankans at Melbourne) conceded 49 runs in 5 overs,
while Hilfenhaus (whose series best was 5-33 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Brisbane) gave away 46 in 4 overs.
“They practice all their different variations in the nets, but under pressure, at the moment, we are not executing,” the Aussie skipper observed.
With the second final taking place at the Adelaide Oval today on March 6, Clarke’s side will be looking to overcome the weaknesses in their bowling attack, and perform consistently throughout the Sri Lankan innings.
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